Silymarin and Derivatives: From Biosynthesis to Health Benefits 2.0
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 384
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2. Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-François Leclerc Center, 21000 Dijon, France
Interests: polyhenols; flavonoids; degenerative age-related diseases; inflammation; cancers; chemosensitization; lipid metabolism
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Dear Colleagues,
Interest in natural bioactive molecules has grown considerably over recent years due to the scientific work carried out by many researchers around the world and the growing interest of biotechnology companies and consumers in natural molecules with potential human health benefits. Among these compounds, flavonolignans are a family of natural products present in plants, composed of a flavonoid moiety and a phenylpropanoid or lignan part, that can contribute to new strategies to fight various modern pathologies (vascular diseases, cancers, degenerative diseases and associated inflammatory effects). In this context, one of the most important compounds of flavonolignans is represented by the SILYMARIN which is extracted from the milk thistle seeds, and that could act a chemopreventive compound or a therapeutic adjuvant.
This Special Issue follows the first edition of the same Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/Sylimarin), published in Molecules, which was able to highlight the current knowledge of biosynthesis and health properties of silymarin and its derivatives, as well as the latest scientific advances in various domains, including bioavailability, cancer, inflammation and immunity, age-related degeneration and metabolism-related pathologies.
I invite authors to contribute original articles and review articles that provide the readers of Molecules with new and updated perspectives of Silymarin and its derivatives. It is our aim that via collaboration we can contribute to establishing new interests in the development of natural compounds for health.
Prof. Dr. Dominique Delmas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- silymarin: sources and biosynthesis
- secondary metabolites and silymarin derivatives
- silymarin bioavailability
- silymarin and cardiovascular diseases
- silymarin and metabolic syndrome
- silymarin and cancer
- silymarin and inflammation and immune diseases
- silymarin and degenerative age-related diseases
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